Censorship of pornographic materials

Right, today I will be blogging on my views on whether pornographic materials ought to be censored.


There are many sides in the argument for and against censorship on the Internet. From companies in the online adult entertainment industry who are concerned those efforts to restrict the access of children to sexually explicit material on the Internet will impinge on legitimate business opportunities, to the opposing view of companies developing filtering technologies and other methods to censor children from illicit content and opportunities for them to capitalize on a growing market.


 In the interest of free speech, these technology companies and other pro-censorship supporters must not only recognise the rights of the adult entertainment industry, they must also ensure not to infringe on the rights of adults to view pornographic content at legitimately. The Adult Entertainment Industry must also recognises that it has an ethical and social responsibility to uphold to the community at large.


 A major impact of the immense amount of pornographic content online is the social implications of children being exposed to graphic sexual content online at an early age. This is a major focus and basis of the argument for censorship. As according to Jerome et al. (2004) exposure has many negative social ramifications in later life such as the degradation of partners and the disassociation of sex with intimacy. Many anti-porn advocates believe regulation is the key to protecting our children. 


This being said, censoring pornography have both advantages and disadvantages. However, it is my personal opinion that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Thus, I think that the censorship of pornographic materials is appropriate.